William Gardiner in Leicester - 1785

from Music and Friends: Or, Pleasant Recollections of a Dilettante, pages 66-68:

One of my earliest musical acquaintance was John Brooke, Esq., a gentleman of good fortune and refined manners, possessing considerable skill and taste in the fine arts. His house was a complete museum, containing the most valuable books, pictures, engravngs, and choice musical instruments. The first subscription concerts held in Leicester, in the year 1785, were projected by him, the orchestra chiefly composed of the following gentlemen: the Rev. Robert Burnaby, vicar of St. Margaret’s; his son, the Rev. Thomas Burnaby; William Tilley, John Brooke, William Hodges, and Robert Coleman, …   more >>
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William Gardiner, Music and Friends: Or, Pleasant Recollections of a Dilettante, volume 1 (London, 1838), p. 66-68. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1397062610215 accessed: 6 October, 2024

location of experience: Leicester

Listeners

William Gardiner
Composer, Hosier
1770-1853

Listening to

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Experience Information

Date/Time 1785
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by Meg Barclay on Wed, 09 Apr 2014 17:56:50 +0100